Somos CHISMOSI, an art collective based in NYC. Por y para la gente latine! Being a New York transplant, it was not easy moving away from cities centered around Latine cultures into a predominately white institute. Through these feelings, el colectivo was formed! Rosa Acevedo reached out to the few bad bitch Latinas to create this community!
Collectively, we connected and shared our art. Chismosi was born with the hopes of combining our artistic abilities to voice our perspective on Latinidad. When history hasn't adequately represented us, art has historically been the way to speak for and defend ourselves.
Our dialect has been the biggest glue in our bonding experience. Being able to go drop a little "o sea" mid-rant and name-drop, is something we did not appreciate enough.
"Entre Visas"; between views, is an exploration of what it means to make art from our punto de vista Latine. How can your cultural background influence your point of view as an artist? How do points of view around you inform your practice? How do you occupy this space in between?